Obituary: J. Holmes Sangston 

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Prominent Area Doctor Summoned
   Dr. J. Holmes Sangston, 77, a McClellandtown physician for more than 50 years, died
suddenly Wednesday, Nov. 7, 1956, in Uniontown Hospital.
   Born in Masontown, Dr. Sangston was a son of Dr. and Mrs. James P. Sangston. He
served 35 years on the German Twp. School Board, was a member of the Fayette County,
the State of Pennsylvania and American Medical Societies. He also was a Master Mason,
holding membership in Franklin Lodge 221, Pittsburgh; Uniontown Lodge of Perfection,
Pennsylvania Consistory of Pittsburgh and the Shrine. He also had been president of the
Eberly Coal and Coke Co. several years.
   Dr. Sangston was a graduate of West Virginia University and established offices in
McClellandtown immediately after his graduation from the University of Pittsburgh
Medical School in 1903. He was a member of the Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity and the
Presbyterian Church of McClellandtown.
   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Leonard Sangston; one son, Thomas Leonard
Sangston McClellandtown; two daughters, Mrs. Fredric (Virginia) Jussen, West Chester,
and Mrs. John H. (Pauline) Messmore, St. Petersburg, Fla. One brother, Horace G.
Sangston; a sister, Mrs. Mary Coffman, McClellandtown, and eight grandchildren also
survive.
   Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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